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Seasonal changes in the spatial distribution of cellulolytic activity of soil microflora under conditions of atmospheric pollution

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Spatial variation in the cellulolytic activity of the soil microflora during the growing season (from May to September) has been studied in spruce-fir forests exposed to emissions from the Middle Ural Copper-Smelting Plant. It has been shown that the average rate of decomposition of pure cellulose in polluted areas is significantly reduced, with its spatial variation being markedly increased. The spatial pattern of cellulolytic activity remains stable during the growing season, and the integrated parameters of frequency distributions in zones with different pollution levels change with time in the same direction.

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Original Russian Text © E.L. Vorobeichik, 2007, published in Ekologiya, 2007, Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 427–437.

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Vorobeichik, E.L. Seasonal changes in the spatial distribution of cellulolytic activity of soil microflora under conditions of atmospheric pollution. Russ J Ecol 38, 398–407 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413607060045

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